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CMAwR Text A.31 (Q007687)

Incantation-Ritual

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DesignationCMAwR Text A.31
IDQ007687
LanguageAkkadian; Sumerian
GenreIncantation-Ritual

Transliteration (ATF)

From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)

Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.

LineATFMachine English (draft)
A.31:1′[šumma amēlu īnāšu] iṣuddā šēpāšu ittenenṣilāIf a man, when he prostrates himself, his breath continually trembles
A.31:2′[id]āšu išammamāšu
A.31:3′šīrūšu iktanass[û]his spirit has bound him
A.31:4′akala ikkal-ma šikara išattī-ma elīšu lā il[lak]He eats bread and drinks wine, but he does not go up to him.
A.31:5′šamna pašiš-ma zumuršu qaqqassu kalāma uzaqq[assu]Whoever trusts in you will be well; his body, his whole body will be pacified to you
A.31:6′ana amēli šuāti našparāt zikur[udê]To that land, the message of zikurudê-magic
A.31:7′ana maḫar kakkabi epussu lāma iṭeḫḫûšum-ma im[uttu](who) has performed sorcery against me before the kakkabi-demon, but has not received it, and has died
A.31:8′ḫašḫūr api imbuʾ tâmti šuruš b[īni]“It is the spring of the sea, the water of this earth
A.31:9′zēr šunî urnêangry, furious, frightened
A.31:10′atāʾišu zēr karān-šēlebi ištēniš 5 ŠE.⸢TA⸣.[AM₃]His anger is bitter, his sighs are five times five.
A.31:11′ina šamni ḫalṣi tasâk ina dišip šadî u ḫim[ēti taballal]You pound ḫalšu-plant in a reed bundle, you put (it) around the neck of the mountain and the mountain.
A.31:12′ina maḫar kakkabi tušbāt ina šēri m[aḫar Šamaš izzâz]You sit before the kakkabi-demon, before the great goddess Šamaš stands.
A.31:13′[EN₂] i-ri-pa-aḫ nam-tar i-ri-pa-[aḫ]Incantation: “Iri-paḫ, namtar-disease, Irī-phākin
A.31:14′[nam]-⸢gal⸣ bir-bir kib-ru an-ni TU₆ EN₂.E₂.[NU.RU]“The greatness of the lands, the multiplication of the world, this is the incantation-formula.
A.31:15′[šalāšīšu ana li]bbi tanaddī-ma amēla šuāti maḫar Šamaš tašaqq[ī-ma]You add his life to the heart so that I may praise the greatness of Šamaš.
A.31:16′[zēr] azallî arkīšu tušak[kal-ma]You make the azallû-plant grow above him and
A.31:17′[...] ... kibrīta ina pēnti ašāgi tuqattar-[ma]... ... you raise a kibrītu-vessel in the opening of the reed screen
A.31:18′[ziku]rudû ša ana amēli epšu pa[šer]The ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic that has been performed against the land is released.
A.31:19′[...] ... annâ tutār-ma ...... ... you are adjured and ...
A.31:20′[šumma amēlu īn]āšu iṣuddā sikillu ḫašêIf there is a mole on the right side of his nose, sikillu-disease (and) sulphur
A.31:21′[t]armuš šuruš pillê zikar [sinniš]tarmuš-plant, sulphur, pillû-aromatic, ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic
A.31:22′[bī]nu ēdu kukuru qanû ṭā[bu]“He is a mountain, he is surrounded by a thicket,
A.31:23′[tasâk i]na šizib enzi ša māša ūli[du]You set up at the rising of the moon, which is the land.
A.31:24′[tanadd]ī-ma ina mūši ana maḫar kakkabi [tušbāt]You add, and in the morning you sit in the presence of the enemy.
A.31:25′[ina šērt]i amēlu šū maḫar Šamaš izzâ[z-(ma)]By the exalted command of the god Šamaš stand and
A.31:26′... ... šuātuHand of
A.31:27′... ip]pallas-ma... he sees and
A.31:28′... ...]...-ma... ... and
A.31:29′... p]ašer... a reed mat
A.31:30′x-ma... and
A.31:31′x-a...;
A.31:32′x-šu₂...,
A.31:33′⸢du⸣
A.31:34′⸢du⸣/a kind of tree
A.31:35′x

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